April 19 (Reuters) - Solar panel maker Maxeon Solar

Technologies ( MAXN ) said on Friday it had initiated a patent

infringement lawsuit in Texas against REC Solar Holdings AS.

The lawsuit alleges infringement of Maxeon's patents related

to TOPCon solar cell technology.

Singapore-based Maxeon had filed a similar lawsuit against

solar technology firm Canadian Solar ( CSIQ ) last month.

It had also filed a lawsuit in a German court in November

last year against Shanghai Aiko Solar and its

subsidiaries, alleging the Chinese company of violating its

European patent for solar cell architectures.

"Intellectual property infringement sits alongside injurious

dumping and subsidy-driven excess global production capacity as

an unfair trade practice that distorts markets and tilts what

should be a level playing field for global solar manufacturing,"

said Marc Robinson, Maxeon's Associate General Counsel.

REC Solar did not immediately respond to a Reuters request

for comment.